Q: Is 72,717,816 a Composite Number?

Why is 72,717,816 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 72,717,816 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 31 43 62 86 93 124 129 172 186 248 258 344 372 516 744 1,032 1,333 2,273 2,666 3,999 4,546 5,332 6,819 7,998 9,092 10,664 13,638 15,996 18,184 27,276 31,992 54,552 70,463 97,739 140,926 195,478 211,389 281,852 293,217 390,956 422,778 563,704 586,434 781,912 845,556 1,172,868 1,691,112 2,345,736 3,029,909 6,059,818 9,089,727 12,119,636 18,179,454 24,239,272 36,358,908 and 72,717,816, with no remainder.

Since 72,717,816 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,717,816, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).